Cotto Should Pay His Dues..

[DannYankee]

Cotto is obviously on that cash out tour mode, and Canelo will be champion if he wins, so really who gives a ****.

[twrx]

we have no idea what was agreed to or what the details were. the devil is always in the details.

step aside deals can often come down to the wire and you're paying the guy to not block the sanction, a sanction which isn't even taking place in this instance. none of us know if cotto owes the money or not.

If ggg is planning a lawsuit I'm gonna assume some monetary agreement was reached

[Bigg Rigg]

Yeah but he agreed to compensate ggg to be allowed to fight Nelo at which point he used the bc title to get a nice paycheck. If he refuses to pay the wbc i honestly don't care but compensate the man you avoided and have first handedly held his career to a stand point do some time

He avoided him but he was also magically put in that position to begin with by the WBC. As far as being 1 contender. It's their fault. Even if it's not, **** the WBC anyway. Sanctioning bodies make up situations and then the Boxers have to pay for it.

[BoxingIsGreat]

He avoided him but he was also magically put in that position to begin with by the WBC. As far as being 1 contender. It's their fault. Even if it's not, **** the WBC anyway. Sanctioning bodies make up situations and then the Boxers have to pay for it.

Good post. That's why boxing needs a centralized commission.

[The Ninth Layer]

I haven't looked into the fine print on this but on the forum the opinions have pretty much been down the party lines. People who side with Canelo or ggg are bashing Cotto. I'm curious if there's any unbiased opinions on this.

I'd say I am bigger fans of both those guys than Cotto, but really I have no problem with Cotto not bothering to pay for a belt he has no intention of defending, win or lose. Seriously I could care less if GGG has "ALL THE BELTS" or whatever, also could care less if Cotto is defending a WBC belt on top of his lineal championship. He's still the lineal champ.

[Slyboots]

I posted a similar opinion in another thread:
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Cotto should pay the step-aside fees if he had agreed to. He should not try to stiff another boxer, period. He's making more money than he ever thought he would need.

As far as the WBC goes, he should at least send them that $125k check, belt or not. He used the WBC belt to good effect: getting the lion's share of the purse and other advantages (can include gloves, ring size, drug testing, weight stipulations, who enters the ring first, side advantage in fight posters, and a lot more.).

I'm not saying the above is solely because of the WBC belt (I don't give a **** about belts or their organizations), but I have no doubt that it somehow enhanced his position at the negotiating table. Cotto is a veteran and popular on his own too.

All I can say is: Man up, Cotto. Karma can be a *****!

War Canelo!
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What's your opinion?

[I don't have a dog in this triangle affair. The only boxer I like because of his fighting style is Canelo. He has special effects. Fun to watch him display his skills and guts, before he gasses!]

Saturday will be fun. I don't really care who wins.

As a Cotto fan, I agree. That belt was definitely used as a leverage tool, some sort of monetary compensation should be established.

Though if this goes to court, I'm sure that will be the outcome whether Miguel wants to or not.

[boliodogs]

I am a fan of GGG and Canelo but I can understand Cotto not paying over a million bucks. The Canelo fight is just as big without Cotto being the WBC champ. If he keeps that money he will still make just as much money for the Canelo fight + over a million dollars he didn't pay in sanction fees and step a side money. If he signed an agreement to pay GGG $800000.00 to step aside he could lose a law suit so it should get interesting..

[Redd Foxx]

I'd say I am bigger fans of both those guys than Cotto, but really I have no problem with Cotto not bothering to pay for a belt he has no intention of defending, win or lose. Seriously I could care less if GGG has "ALL THE BELTS" or whatever, also could care less if Cotto is defending a WBC belt on top of his lineal championship. He's still the lineal champ.

Agreed. Everyone was pissing on Cotto for having a 160 belt when he said he didn't want to fight at 160. So, he does the sensible thing and relents the belt, now everyone is bytching about that too. If people would stop playing favorites, a little honesty would come to the surface.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I am a fan of GGG and Canelo but I can understand Cotto not paying over a million bucks. The Canelo fight is just as big without Cotto being the WBC champ. If he keeps that money he will still make just as much money for the Canelo fight + over a million dollars he didn't pay in sanction fees and step a side money. If he signed an agreement to pay GGG $800000.00 to step aside he could lose a law suit so it should get interesting..

I'm not a fan of any of the boxers involved in this situation (maybe Canelo a bit), but it is kinda unbecoming for Cotto to cheap out, especially on the boxer. Honor your deals. Can be bad for business for Cotto.

[Cinci Champ]

i actually dont blame him people need get off ggg nuts and realize hes right. **** all these selfish money hungry politically driven belt organizations i dont blame him one bit not even a little